Fire sweeps over smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip

A man yells for help as Palestinians try to extinguish an accidental fire that swept over a smuggling tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on the border with Egypt on April 8, 2011. Tunnels under the town of Rafah are used to transfer all kinds of goods from Egypt into the densely populated Palestinian enclave, even cattle and dismantled vehicles.

Ahmed Zakot / Reuters

Smoke rises after an explosion in a smuggling tunnel in Rafah. The causes of the explosion is not clear.